Study Desk

Make a promise to me before the Lord , the God of heaven and earth. Don't get a wife for my son from the Canaanite girls who live around here.

The Lord , the God of heaven, brought me from the home of my father and the land of my relatives. And he promised me, ‘I will give this land to your descendants.' The Lord will send his angel before you to help you get a wife for my son there.

The servant said, " Lord , God of my master Abraham, allow me to find a wife for his son today. Please show this kindness to my master Abraham.

and said, "Blessed is the Lord , the God of my master Abraham. The Lord has been kind and truthful to him and has led me to my master's relatives."

"Today I came to this spring. I said, ‘ Lord , God of my master Abraham, please make my trip successful.

and I bowed my head and thanked the Lord . I praised the Lord , the God of my master Abraham, because he led me on the right road to get the granddaughter of my master's brother for his son.

After Abraham died, God blessed his son Isaac. Isaac was now living at Beer Lahai Roi.

The Lord appeared to him that night and said, "I am the God of your father Abraham. Don't be afraid, because I am with you. I will bless you and give you many descendants because of my servant Abraham."

But Isaac asked his son, "How did you find and kill the animal so quickly?" Jacob answered, "Because the Lord your God helped me to find it."

May God give you plenty of rain and good soil so that you will have plenty of grain and new wine.

May God Almighty bless you and give you many children, and may you become a group of many peoples.

May he give you and your descendants the blessing of Abraham so that you may own the land where you are now living as a stranger, the land God gave to Abraham."

Jacob dreamed that there was a ladder resting on the earth and reaching up into heaven, and he saw angels of God going up and coming down the ladder.

Then Jacob saw the Lord standing above the ladder, and he said, "I am the Lord , the God of Abraham your grandfather, and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you are now sleeping.

He was afraid and said, "This place frightens me! It is surely the house of God and the gate of heaven."

Then Jacob made a promise. He said, "I want God to be with me and to protect me on this journey. I want him to give me food to eat and clothes to wear

so I will be able to return in peace to my father's house. If the Lord does these things, he will be my God.

This stone which I have set up on its end will be the house of God. And I will give God one-tenth of all he gives me."

Jacob became angry with her and said, "Can I do what only God can do? He is the one who has kept you from having children."

Rachel said, "God has judged me innocent. He has listened to my prayer and has given me a son," so she named him Dan.